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The Delaware State football team will have to try to start a new winning streak next week. The Hornets lost a 35-31 decision to FCS Independent Sacred Heart Saturday afternoon, snapping a three-game winning run, the longest for the program since the 2012 season. Here are the key events of Saturday’s game. Egregious Ejection Delaware […]
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If Delaware State’s football team is going to win their fourth game in a row, they will have to do it without starting quarterback Kaiden Bennett. Bennett, the grad student transfer from Sacramento State scored his eighth rushing touchdown of the year to give the visiting Hornets a 14-10 lead over Sacred Heart when officials
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Despite an explosive offensive showing and a thrilling two-minute drill in the final moments, Norfolk State’s late comeback bid came up just short in a 31-28 loss to Sacred Heart on Saturday. First-year head coach Michael Vick reflected on his team’s fight, the lessons learned, and what lies ahead as the Spartans prepare to face
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After a dominant 27-0 shutout over Central State last weekend, Morgan State head coach Damon Wilson is hopeful his Bears are beginning to find their rhythm heading into Saturday’s Circle City Classic in Indianapolis. “It definitely feels good to get a win,” Wilson said during Monday’s MEAC Coaches’ Conference. “We’re still not playing clean football,
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A new proposal for the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs could affect any HBCU team invited to the party. According to a report from Sam Herder of HERO Sports, venture capitalists and private equity groups are interested in taking ownership of the FCS playoffs, reasoning that “the FCS playoffs as an undervalued sports property with
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Friday evening, a letter written by the four NCAA-member HBCU conference commissioners to the Congressional Black Caucus was made public, expressing support for the SCORE Act. The SCORE (Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements) Act would, according to proponents of the bill, protect the rights of student-athletes, including creating one uniform national law
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As college athletics becomes a larger business, the four HBCU conferences with membership in the NCAA have written a letter in support of potential legislation to tighten things up. According to a report by Yahoo Sports and On3 Sports’ Ross Dellenger, the HBCU Four – Sonja Stills of the MEAC, Jacqie McWilliams Parker of the
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An HBCU football matchup with potential conference championship implications has been moved to a national television time slot. The Morgan State-Delaware State game, originally scheduled for Saturday Nov. 8 at 3:30 pm will now be played Friday night Nov. 7 at 7 p.m., the MEAC and ESPN announced earlier this week. The game will either
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The Delaware State football team is off to their best start in 18 years and has their longest winning streak in 13 years after a dominant performance on the road Saturday. The Hornets jumped out to a 20-0 lead and never looked back in defeating Saint Francis (Pa.) 39-10, picking up their third straight win.
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Norfolk State fought back Saturday against FCS independent Sacred Heart, only to see a chance at overtime sail away. Evan Helfrich’s 42-yard field goal attempt at the buzzer went wide right and the Pioneers (3-1) survived to take a 31-28 win over the Spartans. Sacred Heart’s run-first offense was the story of the day, collecting
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